Fortnightly Magazine - February 2023

When Chris Womack takes the reins at Southern Company, he will join Exelon’s Calvin Butler as two African American men leading two of the largest five utilities.

Enacting the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act equitably: “Integrating equitable outcomes as a central driver of our efforts was a conscious choice borne from a recognition that many past actions to develop energy infrastructure in use today didn’t prioritize equity and the resulting environmental impacts on communities.”

“Since Arkansas has a vertically integrated market, there needs to be a regulatory proceeding with the PUC where the tariff is created. We want to make sure it’s going to meet the objective of the federal government in ensuring we are bringing in new carbon pollution-free electricity to meet that fifty percent 24/7 goal.”

“We don’t necessarily have the regulatory mechanisms in place that allow the regulators to be able to evaluate assets that are designed for those low-frequency but high-impact events.”